Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the man who rammed his truck through a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s morning, killing 15, had been stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage when he was in the U.S. Army. He also served in Afghanistan as an IT specialist in 2009 and 2010, about the era he was stationed in Alaska.
Jabbar, 42, according to the FBI, had been radicalized by the Islamic State — ISIS. His rented truck was flying a black ISIS flag.
Jabbar had also been stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina during his years of service. At the time of his death, he lived in a mobile home in a largely Muslim community on the outskirts of Houston, Texas.
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